These new candidates were co-opted at the very first session and were then immediately admitted to participation in the C. C.

In a separate note handed to comrade Vlasov, I communicated that if the C. C. convenes in Russia, then from among the London candidates we could indicate only one—comrade Adrianov; if, however, the Russian collegium of the C. C. convenes abroad, then we undertake to deliver the London candidates but only for the purpose of proposing candidates for immediate co-optation.

To my questions as to when and where the C. C. would convene (since one of the candidates we had nominated, as I declared to comrade Vlasov, is located abroad, and another in Petersburg), comrade Vlasov replied that, in all probability, the C. C. would convene abroad, and that there is sufficient time to summon the candidate.

At the same time I reminded comrade Vlasov that he must still officially requisition from the Foreign Bureau of the Central Committee the matters subject to consideration by the C. C., with which he agreed.

This conversation took place on February 10th, and on the 13th comrade Aleksandrov¹ informed the Foreign Bureau of the Central Committee that comrade Vlasov had received a telegram and departed for Russia.²

Thus, I hereby state that comrade Vlasov departed without warning me, without asking me before his departure for the names of candidates for co-optation (although he officially wrote to me requesting candidates) and without requisitioning from the Foreign Bureau of the Central Committee the aforementioned matters.

I am sending a copy of the present statement to the Central Committees of the national organizations.

With comradely greetings,

B. Igorev.

¹ Aleksandrov — Semashko, N. A.

² Judging by the content of A. I. Rykov's letters, he was detained at this time in Berlin.

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